I thought the whole series let fans down by making tough, charismatic female characters more nice and "Hollywood girlfriend" like. Storm, a haughty African queen, made gentle and polite, Jean had none of her passion or noble soul either Dark or before, Emma Frost in FC was so much more wooden than I hoped especially after Morrison's version.

I think though this film was the worst for that, side-lining Dark Phoenix and making her a henchman. She should have had her own epic, tragic story, about the question of how the X Men can react when a loved one goes out of control, but it was lost in the other plot.